The annual event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 13, takes you to “Seattle’s Top 25 Urban Farms,” as voted on by expert panelists. From the website:
In this self-guided tour, you will see simple chicken coops built in an afternoon and elaborate finely-crafted coops that took weeks of planning and building. See what accommodations are needed for keeping miniature goats, ducks, mason bees, honey bees and bunnies. There are sites all around the city, including NW, NE, West Seattle, SE, Central, as well as NE & SE outside of Seattle. Enjoy a unique and inspiring urban adventure!
Cost is $12 for individuals; $10 for Seattle Tilth members or bicyclists; $5 for youths ages 4-15; $35 for groups or a family of three to six people; and $30 for groups or a family of Seattle Tilth members or a group of bicyclists; and free for ages 3 and younger. Tickets are available online.
Police and a tow truck are just now (3 p.m.) clearing a rollover accident at Lake City Way Northeast and Northeast 90th Street.
The accident clogged the southbound lanes of Lake City Way at around 2:17 p.m.
Amazingly, none of the people in the two cars involved were seriously injured. And neither was the large dog from this SUV, who was being fed dog treats by a police officer when we were there.
Everyone is invited to Seattle Police Department’s Picnic at the North Precinct from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, at 10049 College Way N.
They’ll have food and music, and you can meet officers and find out more about how they do their jobs. You’ll also be able to meet many of SPD’s specialty units, like K-9, mounted patrol, bomb squad and SWAT.
Local crafters and other vendors are lined up for the second annual Pop Up Market at Blue Saucer, 9127 Roosevelt Way N.E., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18.
The Maple Leaf café is filling its entire parking lot with wares with 30 local vendors, including crafts, collectibles, art, jewelry and more. In addition, there will be a food vendor on site, and owner Billie Bryan says she expects live music and/or other free entertainment. We will keep you posted as we learn more about the event.
Steve sent us the photo at right, from a surveillance camera at his house this morning.
“Saw two teenage boys taking pictures of houses on Northeast 88th Street around 17th Avenue Northeast where we live this morning at 9:30. Called it in, and neighbor saw the police talking to them. Claimed they were interns from Zillow.”
And on Monday Victoria commented: “Saw two teenage boys taking photos on each house on 95th between 12th and 15th.”
Great news, the dog about whom I wrote you (named Hushie, I found out) was chipped and has been reunited with his owner. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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Vanessa emails overnight that she found a “darling medium-sized, neutered, male dog” with no collar on Corliss Avenue North off North 92nd Street.
(That’s just west of the overpass to North Seattle Community College.)
“He’s mostly black, with tan and white on his chest, legs, and feet. He was spotted on the loose in the same area a couple of weeks back (also collarless that time) but was not able to be apprehended - too fearful, shy, and skittish. Was able to be won over with food and treats this time, and is an incredibly wonderful and loving guy, adapting readily to being around kind adults, kids, and another well-socialized dog. Will be taking him to vet shortly to verify whether he’s chipped. Please be in touch if you think you might know this dog and/or the owner — thank you! Contact info: e: [email protected] / p: 206.330.6152″
With Fourth of July barbecues fresh on your minds, it’s a good time to think about the next Night Out, which this year will be on Tuesday, Aug. 6. The night of citywide block parties is always a popular event throughout Maple Leaf, with the purpose of both uniting communities and increasing crime prevention awareness.
This year, you’re invited to have an even bigger and better Night Out block party with the addition of some extra funding from the city. Through the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Small Sparks Fund, you can apply for up to $1,000 in matching funds for your Night Out planning and engagement, and activities such as outreach efforts, educational fairs, youth concert, bike parades, neighborhood cleanups and entertainment.
The deadline to apply is tomorrow, July 8. And in the meantime, it’s time to start planning your local Night Out! What will you do to celebrate the event with your neighbors?
Expect more discussion in coming weeks about cutbacks in Metro service here.
The state Legislature failed to pass a transportation funding package, and also passed on giving voters the ability to raise taxes locally.
When we wrote about this in April, the elimination of the 77EX route to downtown was a possibility, as were reductions in at least six seven other routes – the 41, 67, 66EX, 68, 73 and 373EX. (Thanks, John, for pointing out that the 373, running down 15th Avenue Northeast to the U District, also faced “reduction or revision.”)
The cuts would take effect in 2014. There is some possibility the Legislature might act on transportation early in the year.
In an email this afternoon Carrie reported seeing two teen boys going door-to-door in Maple Leaf , allegedly seeking a futon seller from craigslist.
“I went onto Maple Leaf Life to see if anything about this has been reported yet but don’t see anything there. You may want to share it with others in the neighborhood.”
From time to time - and particularly in good weather - we get various types of solicitors. There’s advice on how to hand them in this post from May 2012.
Here’s Carrie’s report from late this afternoon:
I live on Northeast 95th Street between 15th and 17th avenues northeast. There were two suspicious teenage boys on my street today knocking on doors under the premise that they were looking for someone selling a futon chair on Craigslist.
One came to my door, then together they went to two of my neighbors’ houses across the street, then the second one came to my door (I did not open it and told him to go away) and then they continued down the street going to more houses.
Shortly afterwards I saw a police cruiser two doors up but by the time I went outside it was gone and I do not know if the police were there due to a call from a neighbor about the teens or for some other reason.
The unfortunate thing is that shortly after the police cruiser left I saw the two boys headed west on 95th between 15th towards 12th. I am very suspicious they were looking for homes whose occupants are out of town for the long weekend. One boy had brown hair and was wearing a red hoodie and the other had blonde hair and was wearing a dark blue short-sleeved t-shirt.
If that little library looks familiar, it’s because it’s a miniature of the building behind it, which houses the Early Masters art school.
The school, at 8815 Roosevelt Way N.E., has opened the second free take-a-book, leave-a-book library we know of in the neighborhood. (The first is around the corner, at Northeast 88th Street and Eighth Avenue Northeast.)
Tom emails that there were about a dozen police cars near Northeast 96th Street and Eighth Avenue Northeast this morning, closing several streets.
“I would like to know what the situation was since cops were walking in my front yard w/guns drawn.”
We actually saw the tail end of this as we drove to a meeting around 10 a.m., when the patrol car count was down to four outside of Olympic View Elementary School (which was not in session).
By the time we were back in position this afternoon this incident was no longer on the screen of the police public information officers, and there was no (as of yet) report on the emergency 911 response map or the real-time dispatch log, nor any Tweets by beats reports.
Any neighbors know more?
(We did, in checking, run across an intriguing Seattle Fire dispatch a little after 9 a.m. of around nine fire trucks to the 400 block of Northeast Northgate Way for “Boat Under 50′ Fire Water.)
Every year, we seem to miss the car show that cruises into Fairview Christian School, 844 N.E. 78th St., each summer. But neighbor Kevin, who lives across the street from the Maple Leaf private school, has noticed that it usually takes place the weekend after the Greenwood Car Show, which was last weekend.
According to Seattle Mini Owners Association, Kevin is just a week off. The post from Don states that the Fairview Car Show is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, July 14. The event is free for spectators, but potential participants must pay $15 in advance or $20 day of, with proceeds benefitting Northwest Harvest.
For the third year in a row, the home Maple Leaf’s Stacy Brewer is on the coveted Seattle Tilth’s Chicken Coop & Urban Farm Tour.
